Class Activator

Contains methods to create types of objects locally. This class cannot be inherited.

Inheritance

object

Activator

Inherited Members

object.ToString()

object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

object.GetType()

object.MemberwiseClone()

Namespace: System

Assembly: nanoFramework.DependencyInjection.dll

Syntax

public static class Activator

Methods

CreateInstance(string)

Creates an instance of the type whose name is specified, using the named assembly.

Declaration

public static object CreateInstance(string typename)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	typename	The fully qualified name of the type to create an instance of.

Returns

Type	Description
object

CreateInstance(Type)

Creates an instance of the specified type using that type's parameterless constructor.

Declaration

public static object CreateInstance(Type type)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Type	type	The type of object to create.

Returns

Type	Description
object

CreateInstance(Type, params object[])

Creates an instance of the specified type using the constructor that best matches the specified parameters.

Declaration

public static object CreateInstance(Type type, params object[] args)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Type	type	The type of object to create.
object[]	args	An array of arguments that match in number, order, and type the parameters of the constructor to invoke. If args is an empty array or null, the constructor that takes no parameters (the parameterless constructor) is invoked.

Returns

Type	Description
object

CreateInstance(Type, Type[], params object[])

Creates an instance of the specified type using the constructor that best matches the specified parameters.

Declaration

public static object CreateInstance(Type type, Type[] types, params object[] args)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Type	type	The type of object to create.
Type[]	types	An array of Type objects representing the number, order, and type of the parameters for the desired constructor. If types is an empty array or null, to get constructor that takes no parameters.
object[]	args	An array of arguments that match in number, order, and type the parameters of the constructor to invoke. If args is an empty array or null, the constructor that takes no parameters (the parameterless constructor) is invoked.

Returns

Type	Description
object

Exceptions

Type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	type can't be null.